URL parameter to form

[sss1983]

I called a html page from a Perl script and inserted URL parameters. e.g.
page.html?lastname=sam&firstname=hello
I now need to populate a form in page.html and populate the text fields. I do
not have access to the type of server (probably Apache, OS or Web server
unknown). How can I populate the text fields for editing. When the text
fields/form is complete I will be executing another Perl script to send an
email.

Thanks,

[jman25]

Have you tried the $_GET method? I use this all the time with PHP and I think
it also works with PERL. If you submit a form to a .pl script try this:

To get the values from the URL you need to assign a variable to them such as:

$lastname=$_GET[ 'lastname' ];
$firstname=$GET[ 'firstname' ];

That will get the values from the url. Now you can use $lastname and
$firstname in your new form by calling on them.

If you use the post method instead of get just change the GET to POST.

Hope this helps.